Archive for 'Parenting'
Gilbert House
Posted on 20. Aug, 2008 by Rob.
Yesterday I took our son to A.C. Gilbert’s Discovery Village. For those not familiar with A.C. Gilbert, he was probably the greatest scientific toy inventor in American history. He was born in Salem, OR (our town) and invented and created such toys as the Erector Set, American Flyer trains, the Atomic Energy Lab, and 150+ [...]
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Busy Times
Posted on 10. Aug, 2008 by Rob.
Sorry I haven’t written here in a while. We’re still getting adjusted to living in our new home and I was working on a redesign on CoffeeDaze.com this past week.
Emma is getting older quickly and becoming a lot more interesting as time goes on. She is a very smiley girl who loves to laugh and [...]
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Shared Pain
Posted on 23. Jul, 2008 by Rob.
Yesterday was an interesting day.
We started the day by going to the doctors for the kid’s shots. When Kellen was a baby the shots process didn’t bother me much. It’s not that I’m sadistic but I think the delayed pain reaction from him and the necessity of the shots just balanced for me enough that [...]
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The Mothership
Posted on 29. Jun, 2008 by Rob.
We have suffered through multiple strollers over the years with our kids. I’m often left wondering what the designers were thinking when they made the device. Yesterday we bought a Kolcraft Contour Tandem and after using for a day I can say it is the best designed stroller I have ever seen or used. [...]
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Basic Training
Posted on 25. Jun, 2008 by Rob.
Ah we have entered a new stage in the joys of parenting… toilet training.
There was a time when I assumed there was nothing much worse than the never ceasing changing of diapers. The smells, monotony and disgust of the entire process were almost more than I could handle. Of course that is something every parent [...]
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Papa Day
Posted on 15. Jun, 2008 by Rob.
Fourteen years ago I would have laughed at the thought of being a parent. My life was a cavalcade of haphazard adventures at that time. I had embarked on a personal journey (physically and metaphysically) that would continue for the next decade. With dozens of moves and discoveries I found myself farther and farther away [...]
